Feodosia Money Museum
Coordinates: 45°1′49.68″N 35°22′48.12″E / 45.0304667°N 35.3800333°E
| Feodosia Museum of Money | |
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| Established | 2003 |
| Location | 12, Kuybysheva Street, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine.[1] |
| Director | Oleksandr Oleschuk |
| Website | Feodosia Money Museum UA |
The Feodosia Museum of Money was established on July 15, 2003. Opening ceremony took place on August 22, 2003.
The activities of the Feodosia Museum of Money are aimed at the study and popularization of the knowledge relating to coin-striking in Feodosia which of all cities of Ukraine can boast of as many as twelve periods of issue of money.
Collection
July 31, 2005 saw the solemn inauguration of the so-called “safe-room” in the Feodosia Museum of Money. On show in this room are money minted and printed in Feodosia from antiquity up to the present day, along with the currency samples that used to be in circulation throughout Ukraine and the Crimea for two thousand years as well as auxiliary objects. Besides, this exhibition hall highlights the history of banking from its early days on citing the example of Feodosia where banking dates back to antiquity.
There is a virtual Museum of Money covering the history of money circulation both in Ukraine and worldwide.